In the spring of the 14th year of the Tianqi revelation, the earth had just recovered, and Zhu Youxiao immediately issued an edict to order Lu Xiangsheng, the Grand Secretary of Wuying Palace and Minister of War, to return to Beijing to discuss the war against the Qing Dynasty.

At the same time, Yang Sichang, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of War, has begun to draft a mobilization of the imperial guards scattered in various places for recruitment and expansion training.

Moreover, in addition to the Imperial Guards, the North Sea Fleet was also transferred from Tianjin, and its main force was transferred to the Lushun and Dandong front lines, ready to transport the Imperial Guards and various types of baggage to outside the pass by sea.

In addition, Zhu Youxiao also issued an order to Sun Chuanting, who had been promoted to the trilateral general system, and Wang Zaijin, the governor of Ji Liao, to strengthen the defense of the nine-sided borders and be ready to deal with the dishonest actions of the Mongolian Lindan Khan tribe when the Ming Dynasty dealt with Jiannu.

The Ordnance Division and Royal Industries were also ordered to continue to increase the production of steam-powered chariots, four-wheeled chariots and new firing guns.

In short, according to Zhu Youxiao's requirements and earning his merits in one battle, this time, the Jiannu forces must be completely solved. There must be no mistakes in all aspects of the number of military personnel and military supplies.

The Jinyiwei also strengthened the intelligence activities against the Jiannu forces and increased the frequency of transmitting all the information of Jiannu back to the Ming Dynasty, so that the Ministry of War of the Court determined the best time for the war to start.

After returning to Shengjing, Huang Taiji was jealous of Zhu Youxiao and robbing his beloved woman, he also increased his military speed. Almost all the flag directors and serfs in the Jiannu country were mobilized, and his army was once again expanded, and even equipped a firearm unit with a population of tens of thousands.

Through this mission to the Ming Dynasty, Huang Taiji also felt that the war between him and the Ming Dynasty would be inevitable and would happen in the near future.

However, the strategic situation here has changed. The Jiannu of the past has changed from a strategic offense to a strategic defense. The Ming Dynasty, which had entered strategic defense due to the failure of the Battle of Sarhu, had turned to a strategic offense at this time.

However, Huang Taiji did not lose the determination to fight the Ming Dynasty due to changes in his strategic situation.

On the contrary, his desire to fight the Ming Dynasty is stronger now. This is not only because his hatred for Zhu Youxiao has deepened, nor is it just because his desire for the Lord of the Central Plains has deepened, but because he wants to continue to gain the support of major forces within Jiannu, he must prove his rule legitimacy through foreign wars.

In addition, Huang Taiji did not think that the Ming Dynasty is stronger than before, so he would definitely lose.

In Huang Taiji's view, his father Nurhaci raised an army with the thirteenth level, and he was able to defeat the Ming Dynasty in the end, and he was able to seize dozens of cities in Liaodong. But now he has hundreds of thousands of soldiers. Could it be that he could not fight with the Ming Dynasty?

Although many of these 200,000 miles are the remnants of Mongolian forces collected from the Korchin tribe, the Khalkha tribe, and the Tumote tribe, as well as the Han population looted when they occupied Liaodong in the past.

But Huang Taiji believed that after so long training, his three flags of Manchu, Mongolian and Han were not afraid of fighting with the Ming Dynasty!

What's more, the Mongolian Lindan Khan tribe and the Rakshasa Kingdom are foreign players, and the main force on their side is still cavalry, with strong mobility and can still engage in roundabout battles at any time.

Zhu Youxiao naturally knew that Jiannu was fashionable and had the power to fight. Huang Taiji and Dorgon, as outstanding historical figures, may really have different talents in military command, so he had to prepare carefully this time and mobilize the whole country to launch a war against Jiannu.

"Your Majesty, now the military forces of Jiannu are mainly concentrated in the two important towns of Shengjing and Hetuala. However, the Qing Dynasty manufacturing station and food and grass are mainly stored in Hetuala. In a sense, Hetuala is more important than Shengjing City. Although my regaining Shengjing is the most meaningful thing for our Ming Dynasty in politics, from the perspective of destroying the Jiannu forces, occupying Hetuala first will damage Jiannu, which can destroy the materials that Jiannu had accumulated for several years, and then the Jiannu forces will become a tree without roots and a water without roots."

Lu Xiangsheng explained to Zhu Youxiao how to attack Jiannu at the moment more advantageously. Yang Sichang, who was standing by, also suggested: "Your Majesty, I think that what Master Lu said is very good, but we can take a plan to attack the east and west. We can first gather some of the troops in the Guangning City area to surround Shengjing City, and at the same time, most of the troops were transported to North Korea by sea, using North Korea as a springboard to directly attack Hetuara, and caught Huang Taiji off guard!"

Now, due to the arrival of Zhu Youxiao, the political fate of Lu Xiangsheng and Yang Sichang has changed. After changing it directly, Lu Xiangsheng became a cabinet master, while Yang Sichang was an official of the Ministry of War.

But what Zhu Youxiao had to admit is that these two people were one of the few talented men in the late Ming Dynasty who could be very useful in this era. Zhu Youxiao did not know whether the abilities of these two people were comparable to those of the two outstanding figures of Huang Taiji and Dorgon.

But in Zhu Youxiao's opinion, even if they may be really worse than Huang Taiji and Dorgon, after accepting the cultivation of advanced military theoretical knowledge provided by themselves and the emergence of new military branches, they should have a more wise vision than Huang Taiji and Dorgon.

Moreover, in addition to paying attention to the right time and place, there are also people in the war. Lu Xiangsheng and Yang Sichang are not Yang Sichang and Lu Xiangsheng in the original history. There is basically no conflict between the two. On the contrary, Huang Taiji and Dorgon of Jiannu had conflicts and rifts, so this is also a favorable side to the Ming Dynasty.

What's more, the fact is that even if the military talent is not as good as Huang Taiji and Dorgon, the current military strength of the Ming Dynasty alone can completely crush Jiannu's 200,000 army.

What Jiannu is really strong is his Eight Banners Cavalry, but the experience of the Imperial Guards after fighting with the Mongolqin tribes and Khalkha tribes and the Cossack cavalry shows that the current Imperial Guards' infantry and artillery coordination and the blessing of the flight battalions and chemical weapons can be completely unafraid of any cavalry force.

Therefore, in Zhu Youxiao's view, he had absolute confidence in winning this battle. The key now is how to completely eradicate the Jiannu forces and prevent them from breaking out, and they will rekindle again in the future.

"This proposal is good, but Huang Taiji and Dorgon are not simple people. Have you ever thought about what to do if these two guys were not deceived or even gave us a trick?" Although Zhu Youxiao is not as talented as these historical figures in military strategy, he can see different things under his influence, and through his understanding of these historical figures through his later history.

"Your Majesty said very much. If Huang Taiji can really defeat our motives, or if the war changes, he insists on protecting his Hetula, it will be nothing. The battle between Hetula and Hetula has changed from a light battle to a fierce battle. Our army took this opportunity to wipe out its main force in one fell swoop, saving trouble."

Yang Sichang said this, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but laugh secretly. This was exactly in front of absolute strength, and any conspiracy was useless.

"About this, no matter what Huang Taiji and others think, our focus is on Hetuala. The Second Army of the Imperial Guard Cavalry and the Third Army of the Imperial Guard Cavalry and the Third Army of the Imperial Guard Cavalry came out of Shanhaiguan, went from the south of the Mo River to Guangning City, and marched towards Shengjing. Then we took a detour in the Shiyazi area and took a shortcut to Hetuala; the First Army of the Imperial Guard Infantry and the Fourth Army were transported to Tieshan, Pidao, Xuanzhou, and Yizhou areas by the Beihai Fleet, and the soldiers were directed to Hetuala!"

Yang Sichang looked at Zhu Youxiao and Lu Xiangsheng at the last time, then picked up the wooden pole in his hand and pointed at several geographical coordinates in the sand table.

Zhu Youxiao had to admit that Yang Sichang was indeed a good staff member with amazing memory, strong understanding and coordination skills. He could quickly organize the discussion into the final combat plan. Although he was different from the right assistant minister of the Ministry of War, Sun Chuanting and the Minister of War Lu Xiangsheng, who led troops all year round, although he was a civil minister, but he was a commander in one side and had rich practical experience, he could achieve a combat thinking that was not rigid, rigid and organized.

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The army began to transfer north one after another, and the baggage, food and grass, as well as temporary field medical rescue teams trained by the Royal Medical College, also began to rush outside the pass.

At this time, there were already many war clouds outside the pass. Wang Zaijin from Liaodong immediately summoned all the generals under his command, began to recover military farms, conduct pre-war training, and strengthened the defense of border towns in order to guard the rear at any time, so that the imperial guards, which undertake the main tasks of combat, had no worries.

Sun Chuanting also transferred troops from Taiyuan, Yuncheng, Xi'an and other troops to Datong, and strictly guarded against Lin Dankhan of Mongolia.

Not only the border towns, but also the Royal Capital such as the Royal Weaving Bureau has also begun to reduce or directly cancel trade with Jiannu, and many orders have been directly called back.

The Ministry of Revenue has officially issued a stricter restriction order, not only salt, iron, firearms, etc. are strictly prohibited from being sold, but also grain, cloth, and even tea that can promote digestion among meat eaters.

In addition, the Ministry of Revenue also issued a notice that major private businessmen should stop all transactions outside the customs within two months. Once this time passes, Shanhaiguan and other major checkpoints and customs will implement martial law, and any commercial activities will be prohibited at that time. If losses are caused, the court will not be responsible, etc.

Before the war started, the crackdown had already occurred. The Ming Dynasty stopped trade with outside the pass, which caused a downward trend in the treasury revenue, but Jiannu directly entered the severe winter period ahead of schedule.

Many commodities began to be unsold, but the Engel coefficient increased significantly, and the price of grain in Jiannu suddenly rose. If Huang Taiji had not been a little prescient, he had hoarded a lot of grain and reclaimed a lot of wasteland. Otherwise, the Ming Dynasty's cessation of trade would have caused him to fail directly.

"This battle has to be fought. This is a war where you die or I live. Zhu Youxiao never thought of letting us live. If I want to establish myself in this world, I can only use the swords and arrows in our hands to plunder. Whether he is a tiger, leopard, jackal or a giant beast in the Ming Dynasty, only by defeating him can we have a chance to survive!"

Huang Taiji's eyes were filled with anger of hatred and his unyielding fighting spirit. He tried his best to incite the flags to continue to obey his command.

The owners of each banner, Beile, understood that the current situation was in a situation where he had to fight, and he did not sing a counter-topic with Huang Taiji anymore. They all said that it was entirely up to Huang Taiji's command, and they also actively discussed with Huang Taiji how to deal with the upcoming attack of the Ming Dynasty.

"Long live, I'm a man, I'm afraid that the Ming court will fight Shengjing City first. In the eyes of Mingdo people, the loss of Shengjing City, which was originally called Chenyang, has always been their shame. It is said that Zhu Youxiao has emphasized the shame of Chenyang's occupation countless times in his deliberate words. Many officers of the Ming Imperial Guards have taken the regaining of Chenyang as their mission. Many literati and poets have also mentioned Chenyang countless times in their articles, so I'm afraid that the Ming army will fight Shengjing City first this time."

After Jirgalang said that, Dorgon stood up and shook his head and said, "Prince Zheng, don't underestimate the man named Zhu Youxiao. This man may not have seen how powerful the means he had been. Although he could also stabilize the court, he was not far-sighted enough. But now he is a little bit reborn or has some opportunity to bring back the Ming Dynasty from a declining empire that is difficult to return to, and the people are living in poverty, and revitalize it. Now he has occupied the southern part of the desert, recovered the Hami Guard, and pacified the great enemy Zheng Zhilong who has not been pacified for many years.

Therefore, in the eyes of the slave, Zhu Youxiao will never know that our real important stronghold is Hetuala, not to mention that he has the omnipresent Jinyiwei. Therefore, if he wants to fight, he would be the same as before, who directly hit me Hetuala."

Although Huang Taiji was very displeased with Dorgon's high evaluation of Zhu Youxiao, he had to admit that Dorgon was right. He dared not take Zhu Youxiao as a person, not to mention that even if Zhu Youxiao did not understand the truth, Lu Xiangsheng and the one named Yang Sichang were not simple people.

"For how to deal with it, I still follow the strategy of the late emperor. I will only go all the way!

Whether Zhu Youxiao wants to hit me Shengjing City first or Hetuala first, we can't sit still and wait for death. Don't forget, what kind of soldiers we are, we are iron cavalry, iron cavalry that occupies the world, there is no need to stay here to compete with these Ming dogs for whose firearm is more powerful.

I passed my order that except for the infantry soldiers of the Eight Banners of Han, who were left behind in Shengjing and Hetuala, the rest of the troops immediately gathered to attack Xilingol in the south of the desert. I heard that since the person named Yang Tinglin came, Xilingol has become a place of harvest, and there are too many cattle and sheep, so it is just right to give us a tooth sacrifice. After the sacrifice, we will take a detour and look for opportunities or go to the front line of Xuanhua or Datong. Zhu Youxiao wants to attack me outside the pass, but I will continue to attack him inside the pass!"

After Huang Taiji said this, he stood up and said, "For the two cities of Shengjing City and Hetuara, I will lose it if I lose it. My Qing cavalry has never given up on the loss of one city and one pool. As for the things that have been hoarded, the war is now open. Even if it is hoarded, it is useless. It is better to ask for food from the people of the Ming Dynasty, and then wait for them to occupy Hetuara or Shengjing City and then attack and destroy it from the side and behind!"
Chapter completed!